On the outskirts of Bangkok
Thursday, January 26th, 2006(I’m at the mercy of a wireless internet connection that I’ve found while sitting on Sam’s veranda. So if this does not get posted right away, it’s beyond my control at this point.)
At six in the morning, it’s still dark as night. The temperature is a pleasant 78 degrees and there is a very slight cool stirring of air.. Yesterday there was a breeze and it was cool enough to force a light sweater on me. Howie didn’t need one, though. It’s Friday; we arrived a little after noon on Tuesday. Our body clocks have adjusted enough that today I decided to stay awake when 5:30 a.m. arrived. We leave for Kaeng Krachen this morning and I need to get this out.
Samut Sakorn (Wednesday, 25 January 2006). This was our first birding excursion of the trip. Dao, Sam’s driver helped us find Mr. Tee, who led us to the salt pans that had quite a number of stints, plovers and gulls. But we did not find the spoon-billed sandpiper, our main objective. We had other birds and a lifer or two for Howie and we will look for the sbsp at another location on Friday.
Karen Nielsen